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TBSCHUCK. Subscribed and aworn to before mo this 0f Apr Notary Public In and for Douglas County Nob. Wo presume the promoters of the Match trust expect to ninko a strike. Heave a sigh of relief. The Hcof Inquiry board has taken Its final adjourn ment.

County Attorney Shields to Deputy Dunn and vice versa "Well What are you going to do about It Agulimldo Is willing to call the same draw but Otis Is conlldent of making It a checkmate on the next move. With the Holmont family all supplied with second-hand wives New York society will now be compelled to look elsewhere for Its sensations. As long as water is so plentiful no trust promoter would be so small as to form a trade combination with anything less than 20,000,000 capitalization. Halns throughout Nebraska promise unexampled soil conditions for this year's crop. Good crops for the farmer mean poor political crops for calamity howlers.

Massachusetts woman's rights agitators are resuming operations now that the war Is over. Long skirts would be somewhat of handicap chasing Filipinos through the jungle. Kudyard Kipling has secured an Injunction restraining a publishing lira fiom circulating his poem "The White Man's Burden. If some one will get an injunction against the burden It would be a great relief to everybody. When wireless telegraphy has gotten to the point of serving to give notice ota tfliipwrecked vessel the prospect Is that the discovery will materialize commercially faster than anticipated.

Perhaps It may not be necessary to subsidize a Paolflc cable company after all. Whiit Is Governor I'oyuter going to do about calling a special election In the Slxrtli district to choose a successor to the late Congressman Greene Unless we have a special election that district will have to go unrepresented If congress convenes special session as now likely. A. statement from the War department shows that the American army lathe Philippines has lost IDS killed and 1,111 wounded from February 4 to A'prll L'8. Uncle Sam should have doubled that 0,000,000 it gave to Spain nnd required a warranty deed to the islands.

The yeast and vinegar manufacturers have soured ou the unprolltablo warfare Wlileh has been waged for the last four years and have raised enough money to form a trust which will take In all the plants. As If the trusts were not fomenting enough trouble without this additional leaven. Ono by ono the most cherished privileges of the people arc being curtailed by the trusts. The bleyclo combination is the latest and it proposes to make only three patterns of wheels to sell at different prices. No moro will the rider enjoy the pleasure of resting by the roadside and immrllng with his companion as to which has the best wheel.

The payment of another dividend ou 3'ruusmlsulsslppl Imposition stock making In all S7V. per cent of original subscriptions will arouse the peopjo of Omaha to a new appreciation of the debt owed to the men who made that great public enterprise so unexampled a success. It will require no $10,000 history to perpetuate this record of accomplished results. England nnd Itussla having concluded that It is better to divide up in China than to quarrel over the question of precedence have mutually agreed that Itussla is to build the railroads in the north of China and England In the central portions. The rights of the Chinese lu the premises nro uot considered noi ls It likely that It will inako much difference whut the celestials want.

run rmt.ii'1'txr Thorp was no change yesterday In tV Philippine situation nnd there may no lie for fievoral days though the opinion expressed by General Otis that the Insurgents are tired of war Justifies belief that they will not greatly deliiy submission mission to the terms of the American commander which require unconditional surrender munusly to he given nil the Insurgents. According to report from London made ou the authority of the Filipino junta there secret negotiations have been going on between member of the Amurlwin commission nnd a representative of Agulnaldo but we do not think the statement entitled to any cre dence. The same authority cays that General Luna does not represent Agul- naldo's government but If that were so It Is most Improbable that General Otis would have given any consideration to the proposal submitted by the ollleera pent to him by General Luna. Undoubtedly these olllcers had credentials which satisfied the American commander that they represented an authority capable of ending hostilities and not mere fac tion. It Is stated that at Manila there Is difference of opinion regarding the purpose of the Filipino leaders some thinking that they are endeavoring to get a little time In which to recuperate their forces but the mnjorlty take the view that they want peace and are only solicitous to "retire with honor us one of the Insurgent olllcers put it.

It seems unreasonable to assume that the request for an armistice with a view to peace negotiations was not made in peed faith for a few weeks cessation of hostilities would not enable the insurgents to accomplish much by way of strengthening themselves or remedying whatever demoralization there may be in their army. Admit that these people are tricky nnd quite capable of duplicity still they must be credited with sulllelcnt intelligence to understand that in the present circumstances they have most to gain by straightforward dealing. They cannot seriously hope to deceive General Otis and his advisors. Meanwhile the American forces are not Idle. Lawton Is pushing on to join MacArthur and when the junction is effected the campaign will be continued if the enemy does not decide to terminate hostilities.

I'UTBXTUL The great nostrum which all the trust apologists hold up as the safeguard to the people against trust oppression Is potential competition. Potential competition they tell us Is a force that maybe implicitly relied on to curb the combinations check wage reductions and prevent price extortions without any supplemental legislation or governmental restriction. The great national regulator of the trusts we are assured is the fear of possible competition and although competition has been completely throttled the same effect is reached through this potential force. How fallacious this argument Is and how untrustworthy this prescription ns a cure-all for the evils growing out of trust expansion Is seen by even a hasty examination of the facts with a mo ment's reflection on their meaning. The very object of the trust is to do away with competition by absorbing Into one great corporation all concerns engaged In the same field of Industry.

The moro effectual and successful the trust the more completely does competition disappear and the more difficult for it to reappear. The throe broad lines In which the trust profits may be enhanced are First by economies in production nnd distribution usually closing factories nnd throwing superfluous employes out of work. As long as the trust controls the closed institutions there can be no influence exerted by them in the form of potential competition and nothing but active competition can help the displaced unemployed. Second by maintaining or Increasing prices of their output. Political economists however practically agree that monopoly prices are fixed at the point which the managers think will produce the largest net returns.

In mnny cases like that of the Standard Oil trust it is found by experiment that there is moro to be gained by Increasing the demand through price reductions than by restricting consumption with high charges. The possibility of competition doubtless operates as one of the factors taken Into consideration by the rate- makers but wheu the trust Is operated upon the principal of largest sales at lowest prices the chance for a new concern to enter the field is almost nothing. Third by reducing the price paid for labor aml'matc-rials. When all the Industries In a given line have been con- solldated Into one the trust becomes to all intents nnd purposes the only purchaser for the raw products it uses mid the skill It employs. Here too potential competition must be rather elusive helpmate.

No employer can permanently keep wages in his establish incut down below what the same grade of men earn at similar employments in other lines or could earn at self-employ- incut. While labor is to a largo degree gree- Immovable In its occupation it Is not wholly so and there are limits under which not even the tightest trust In the World could force their wages. In the purchase of raw products the power of the trust Is probably greater. It Is readily conceivable for example that a combination of all the meat-packing plants could virtually fix the price of live stock for all markets. Hut self- interest rather than potential competition dictates that the prices paid bo kept high enough to encourage cattle raising otherwise before long the plants might have to slmt down for lack of livestock to handle.

When It comes to the realm of Btoc.k- jobbing and bond.flontlng potential coin- petition is not dreamed of. The only competition there is that of other in- llatlon boomers actively engaged in com- pctlng for the suckers in sight. The possibility of other combines being effected and other blocks of securities being floated has no repressive Influence whatever on the flooding of. the stock market. Ou the contrary the more the market absorbs the greater the stimulus to feed it and the less the protection to the public.

As a matter of truth holding up po tential competition ns the great nuto I inntk1 trust regulator is simply fnll'ng linek upon th" long-exploded lot-alone doctrine lint recommended Inaction ns the panacea for all economic ills. Let the trusts nlonnnd they will soon overrun every branch of human activity. Should they reach the Rtnge where small combination of trust magnate would have it In their power to stop or move the wheels on which t-o nation moves to rely on potential competition to stay oppression would be hanging hopes upon slender thread. TO THOSK CVll.lff KXlliKS. The refreshing announcement made a few days ago by the representative of the Jnte Cuban junta in the United States that he Is now engaged In facilitating the repatriation of Cubans who had left the island In consequence of the war should prepare the public for nn- other appeal for funds for the assistance of these wards of the Antlllcan pearl.

According to information from the same source the Cubans who emigrated to the United States number fully 40,000 all of whom are nuxlous to return but with few exceptions lack the means to do so. While the Cuban nrmles which were screwed up to the top notch ou paper shrank to hundreds- place of thousands when called ou to fall In behind the American soldiers the chances are that the 10,000 expatriated patriot will expand rather than contract on closer examination. Shorn of obscuring verbiage the situation then Is simply this Thousands of cowardly Cubans fearing Impress ment into the military service fled their own country rather than help light for Its freedom and now that the prize has been won they will ask the American people either through private subscription or congressional appropriation to furnish them the money needed to take them back. In many instances their Inexcusable flight left their families and dependents to starve or subsist on charity or to be brought to this country by the generous assistance of the various philanthropic societies. Had these able-bodied Cuban cowards had the spark of true manhood they would have remained in their own country and shown their appreciation of the American Intervention in response to their repeated prayers by joining our troops in the task of driving out the Spaniards.

Had they developed any self-respect during their residence In this country they would be above asking charity but would go to work and earn whatever is necessary to defray the expenses of the return trip. While the talk of the representatives of the late junta about these Cuban unfortunates being exiled from their native land by their poverty may rest upon a foundation of truth after the disgraceful conduct of these runaways It will not strike a very popular chord. TUK COXFLICT ur COMMERCE. As the guest of honor at a dinner in New York a few days ago. Senator Frye of Maine spoke on trade and commerce nnd the best way of promoting them a subject iu which all intelligent Americans take a deep interest.

Mr. Frye said that the commercial war upon which the world has entered will become fiercer nnd fiercer and he expressed the opinion that Germany will be our most dangerous rival. This view finds warrant in the fact that the wages of labor are much less than here Mr. Frye said not one-half of ours while no other European country Is manifesting so much energy and enterprise In industrial and commercial development as Germany is. That nation lins made remarkable progress in the last few years in securing South' American trade and it is expanding its commerce in Asia.

German manufactures go to all the markets of the world and the exports of that country arc steadily grow ing. ing.The advantages which Germany has over the United States nre In the lower wages of labor and in the fact that she transports her products in lier own ships. Senator Frye said that we could not safely reduce wages to the German plane but we should carry in our own ships under our own flag all of our imports and exports. He urged that we should pay to our own people the oOO- 000 a day AVC now pay to foreigners. "We should make of the otllcers of those ships he said "active intelligent and interested agents for the discovery of new markets and the promotion of our trade.

Suppose to accomplish this it does cost us $8,000,000 or 10,000,000 annually will there not be ample compensation Great IJritain Germany and France will not surrender this carrying trade without determined conflict which aloue will reduce freight rates U. per cent. Such a reduction would save to our people 0,000,000 annually our foreign commerce being estimated at 0,000,000 tons and the average ocean freight rate the world over being $1 a ton. The Importance which Senator Frye attaches to merchant marine as a means of extending our commerce and of competing with commercial rivals is not In the least exaggerated. Next to being able to olTor our products as cheaply us our competitors and to guarantee their quality there Is nothing so essential to our commercial expansion as to bo nblo to carry those products In our own ships under our own Hag.

The slow growth of our trade with South America Is largely due to our not having stenmshlp lines to the various southern ports nnd wo shall be at the sama disadvantage In the contest for Oriental trade. In order to secure such share of that trade ns wo should have wo must hare steamship lines running from our Pacific ports to all the ports of the Orient. Senator Fryo regards the far east ns the most promising Held for our foreign commerce. He said of the Pk'llpplnes that they would bo more valuable commercially than the acquisition of many such Islands ns Porto Illco. "Give the islands good government he said "protection to life and property an advancing civilization increasing Intelligence fair wages honest collection of revenues railroads and highways Im.

proved agricultural Implements cubic communication with our country and telegraphic lines between them and who doubts that commerce will in few years be quadrupled The bulk of It will bo ours even wlth.the open door for wo shall have the advantage of Hug- land Gin-many and Franco lu distance nnd In freight rntes. Unquestionably there Is a good Held In the Orient for American commercial enterprise but we nro Inclined to think that Senator Frye. like many others has nn extravagant estimate of it. As to the Philippines It may well be doubted whether the trade of the Islands will be quadrupled lu a generation and If It should be it is most Improbable that the United States will got the bulk of It. The conillet of commerce Is certainly more fierce than ever before nnd the American people cannot afford to let pass nny legitimate opportunity for obtaining now markets and extending their trade.

Hut It Is not necessary to this that they shnll ndopt policy of territorial expansion nnd become Involved in the com plications' European nations. GHUWTH UP SUNDAY SCHOOLS. The convention nt Atlanta of the ninth international and fourteenth national Sunday school convention invites attention to the wonderful growth of the Sunday school which ns 11 Christianizing and educational force has accomplished a work of Inestimable value. It will be Interesting to nearly everybody to note some facts showing the progress that has been made in this department of religious instruction. The enduring foundations of the Sunday school were Inld in Gloucester England in 17SO and four years later the first school was opened in London though in the meanwhile schools had been established in other parts of Eug- land.

iln nine years the number of Sunday school scholars In the British Isles was 300,000. The first school In the United States was established in New Jersey In 17SG. The statistics show that in isr there were about 2,400,000 pupils in Sunday schools iu England 300,000 in Scotland iJTo.OOO in Ireland nnd ,000,000 in America. Hy 1SSO the United States had 0.500,000 Sunday school scholars and 032,000 teachers. At that time the number of Sunday school scholars in the world was 12,000,000.

The statistics for 1890 show teachers and 0,095,000 scholars In the United Kingdom and 1,100,000 tenehars and 8,345,000 pupils in the United States. Canada had 57,000 teachers and 4KCOO pupils. The totals for the world were teachers and 17,720,000 pupils. It is estimated that at present the number of Sunday school teachers in the world is not less than 2,500,000 and the number of scholars 22,000,000. These figures nrc certainly impressive.

They show wihat a vast army Is actively employed in religious work and while they suggest how much greater number In the civilized world are not in the Sunday schools the progress shown holds out the most encouraging promise for the future. A world's congress of Sunday schools Is to be held iu London next year whluh will probably give afresh Impetus to this branch of religious work. Members of the Insular commission which lias just returned from Porto Itico express the opinion that the island Is uot only rich in natural resources but the people arc of a class calculated to make good citizens. That they are not so turbulent as those of other former Spanish possessions is Indicated by their lil.story but there is much evidence showing that they nre possessed of the same spirit of unrest and dissatisfaction as the inhabitants of other portions of former Spanish domain. The great dlfliculty is that Spanish-speaking people have never with the single exception of Mexico set about it in an intelligent manner to correct evils complained of.

They simply kick up disturbance and when the dust lias settled relapse Into former conditions. Under American tutelage the Porto Illcnns may learn and It to be hoped they will but the people ple of this country should not expect too much. After making the experiment South Dakota farmer is convinced that a hired man a match and a windy day will speedily remove a straw stack. No guarantee accompanies the recommendation that it will not remove from available assets large amount of other property. The man who sets out a flre on such a day belongs to the same clnss ns the one who blows down the muzzle of rifle without knowing it is loaded or who pulls a gun out of a wagon by the business end.

The Missouri legislature has already authorized St. Louis to donate $5,000,000 in bonds and voted to submit a constitutional amendment for a state appro- prlatlon of $1,000,000 lor tno coming Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 100U. Contrast with this the delayed and begrudging action of the Nebraska legislature of 1S97 In connection with the great Transmlsslsslppi Exposition nt Omaha and marvel anew at the success achieved under discouraging dllliculties. The Filipino leaders indicate by their latest turn that they will adopt the horse-trader tactics hleh characterized the surrender of Santiago. It will be remembered a certain amount of dickering was necessary to satisfy the honor of the Spanish leaders after which they gave up as gracefully ns possible.

One thing is pertain the natives will not get $700,000 to carry to Hong Kong ns they did when they made the last settlement with the Spanish. The Wisconsin legislature hns enacted nn null-pass law very sweeping In Its provisions. It prohibits public ofllclnls of all kinds nnd delegates to political conventions from riding on passes nnd provides heavy penalties both to the giver nnd user of the pass. Other states will watch results with much interest to ascertain how fur It will be successful In preventing pass-bribery In poll- tics and in taking the railroads out of politics. The coming of the first of May has been looked forward to by employer In recent years with feeling of appre hension.

During the era of depression now happily passed when labor was short of employment and poorly paid I Mny day was the signal for strikes nil over the land In which thousands of workers threw down their tools because the demand for more wages was not granted. This year there nre a few strikes It Is true for the time will never come wheu labor everywhere will be contented. Hut the strikes of this year have not up to date been of great moment or Involved any large numbers of workers nnd there Is every prospect that the same conditions will continue. Not a day passes without the- announcement of one or more large Industries granting a voluntary Increase of wages. Men I UK of mi AncltMit luo t.

Philadelphia Time AS'hon Diogenes tcok his lantern to go In search cf an honest man naturally It was Ills Intention to turn on the light. AVhy SliiK "A 11. Tliuot" Chicago Journal. The attention of Captain CoRhlan Is called to the merits of "Curfew Shall Not Ulng Tonight" ns recitation. It may cause some distress In the community where It Is rendered hut It docs not strain International relations.

Itctlcr Than Brooklyn Haule. Tubercular consumption has decreased iG per In England In forty years. will decrease everywhere ns soon as sunlight and fresh air nro supplied to every office shop school and home. Darkness and dampness and closeness nro Its best friends. Turn of tluTlilo.

Springfield Republican Xo surer Index ot Industrial conditions can bo found thnu the movement of people between Canada and the mill towns of Now England. For five years past this movement has on the whole set toward Cnnada. It Is now dpcldcdly tending this -way. Tho.ro Is more work being done In the United States than for pome tlmo past. Too OloKtcN in Post.

The average boy or girl has no use whatever for geometry algebra chemistry physical geography or ancient history ns studied In the average public school. Is ot the utmost Importance that ho should know thoroughly the principal rules of arithmetic should bo nblo to spoil correctly write good hand and read nnd epcak without mispronouncing words. International Trade Competition. Philadelphia Ledger. The Iron and steel trades of Great Britain have begun to "seriously consider" the subject of American competition In their Hues.

They have not yet decided what they arc going to do about It but they recognize the danger of letting their customers co'me to America nnd will make vigorous efforts to keep them at homo. American works may expect keener competition than ever from their Dritlsh rivals hereafter. Will the Wi-xt St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The way for the west to get tbo speaker- ship Is to consolidate on some particular aspirant.

There Is a chance that many of the western men already mentioned In connection with the office will drop out before the republican caucus at the opening of congress gress Is held. Some of the others will retire early In the caucus. There will have to bo a practical union of the west upon a single candidate however If this section Is to win. The east will have fewer aspirants than the west and In this respect will have an ad vantage. Out In preponderance of votes the west will have the lead and with a llttlo public spirit and Intelligence this lead can be made decisive.

I'liclllc Cunxt Phenomena. National Graphic Magazine. The extension of explorations and observations in the region of country west of the Rocky mountains tends In many ways to develop and confirm the proposition that steadily progressive aridity Is slowly replacing former more humid climatic condi tions. This change Is manifest In various ways most conspicuously In the decreasing volume of water In many of the lakes and streams throughout the region as shown by the existence of former beach lines at higher levels and In the profound disturbances and modifications taking place In tbo native flora. The phenomena which follow the advance- of aridity arc not limited by altitude for while the desert conditions at low elevations exhibit them In their most Intense aspect they arc also clearly traceable to the highest summits where gradually dwindling glaciers and abnormally high extensions of certain lowland types of forest show the general trend of the climatic change.

AXU OTI1I511WISI3. Admiral Kautz appears to have forgotten tbo motto of statesmen "Burn this. Colonel Fred Funston the Kansas cyclone In the tropics Is not a Chicago man. Ho didn't stop to boil the water. Koosovclt of Now York thinks that the success ot municipal ownership depends largely on who owns the city.

Reflections on the deadlineEs of the clt- mate of the Philippines should bo toned down in view of the activity of the American cyclone. Patriotic fervor knows not race lines. Among the names of men welcoming the bluejackets of the Raleigh at a dinner were Smith McAdoo and Guggcnhelmer. Admiral Kautz's description of the costume tumo of Samoa's young king fliows that civilization Is making some progress In that section. A cocked hat beats a postage stamp ns sunshade.

Police Magistrate Flammcr of Now York says that certain professional bondsman of the "tenderloin" district has an Income from the business pqual to the salary of the president of the United States. The correspondent In divorce cose In Now York who wrote to the defendant "How I long to put my arms around you ami toll you I love you testified her feelings were of a platonlc order. That's coos. A Brooklyn court took mean advantage ota woman by dismissing her case for damages against street railroad simply because cause she admitted that filio stepped off backward. The Inherent privilege of women should not bu brusquely abridged.

The first American reform needed In the Philippines is a revision of the unpronounceable names of towns. Although we have few Jaw-twlstcrH at homo poetic necessities require better grade of spelling civilization for export than Is consumed at home. A shortage In the crop of foreign wine and a shrinkage in the home output ot hard elder Is reported. There Is no oo coslon for alarm however. Tfio supply of beer Is abundant and connolegcurs assert Uio collar la tall enough to smother a pug nose The Washington Post tendered Its compliments to tbo editors of a lending magazine and observes "Wo are indebted to the editor's poetry for many hours of peaceful and refreshing slumber.

The licarty cordiality of the compliment disarms com ment. The first faint murmurs of cyclone chroniclers indicate a regrettable tendency to sameness. Reports of babies carried hat a mlle and dropped in haystacks dutnplns men uninjured. In rivers stripping the feathers of chickens and removing the barbs from wire fences nro cyclonic achievements without merit of novelty. Thb season Is young and tdero is yet tlmo for the genius who noted how a twister sucked sixty gallons of molasses through the bung without disturbing the barrel may yet bavo opportunity to develop hU taleati.

I'MOM HAM'S Sometimes Ignorance is wisdom. Self-Indulgence is the rend to ruin. take two fools to make flattery pos- slblo. Thcro Is no wcnlth thnt can ward off tears. The changeful heart will never1 win and wed the truth.

Putting the brend of life on the church steeple won't feed th on the ground. One sin In dny will unravel the whole like the dropping nf a stitch In knitting. Is the practice of hypocrites to spiritualize the precepts nnd accept the promises ns practical. makes ail the difference when you pray whether you feel that you arc using a long distance 'phone or Just talking In the car of your friend. sTitu-'i ix nuiT.ux.

Chicago Tribune Among the many sensational things uttered by Dr. Joseph Parker of the City Temple London In his Cromwell day sermon was his denunciation ot the Church of England for "accepting Protestant money for performing Popish tricks" referring to the ritualistic branch of the Church of England. Over in Canada an objection of different character was made last Sunday by the dean of the dloccso of Toronto who preached against the British coronation onth which calls on the sovereign to denounce as Idolatrous nnd superstitious tliu doctrlno of trnnssubstan- tlntlon. This doctrine the dcnn asserted was believed by every ritualist In England. The inconsistency of requiring the sovereign eign to denounce nn article ot faith openly held by a largo portion of the established church Is evident.

A remedy for this would bo to nmend the coronation oath or disestablish the church and better still both. Chicago Chronicle "When you run short ot sermon topics the gray-lmlrcd orthodox theological professor Is quoted as sayIng Ing to his graduating class "It will always be In order to take a fall out of the pope. Dr. Joseph Parker a prominent nonconformist minister of London hns apparently modified this comfortable method of keeping a perpetual topic on tap to conform with surrounding conditions. In England It Is becoming unfashionable to swear at the pope however do rlgueur the custom may still be in the north of Ireland but thcro Is no handicap on public and private denunciations of the sultan of Turkey.

What the critics of Gladstone used to call the nonconformist conscience of England haa always maintained an attitude toward the ruler of the Ottoman empire somewhat akin to Its policy toward Beelzebub or the prlnco of darkness. Dr. Parker Is a fnlr representative of this type ot Britisher but It la hardly consistent even with the extremity of Christian zeal to make the pulpit chicle for blasphemy. But the sultan can probably stand It If the doctor or his congregation can. KCIIOKS OK T1I13 AVAIL Major William Egbert a cousin of Colonel Egbert of the Twenty-second Infantry who was killed near Manila elates In the Philadelphia Press that all trace ot the colonel's wife three daughters and son lias been lost.

They were with him two weeks bcforo his death and left Manila cither for Hong Kong or the United States. The United States representatives at Hong Kong are searching for them. It Is ntit yet known whether Colonel Egbert's family will want him buried In Arlington or Philadelphia. The remains of Colonel Egbert nre expected In San Francisco this week. The deprivations Incident to seafaring life are well Illustrated In the case of Cop- tnln Coghlan of the Raleigh who Is so unfamiliar with Illustrated papers that when Colonel Bryan visited the ship the gallant captain did not recognize tfoe silver champion and the latter had to Introduce himself.

Later when the gun that fired the first shot In the battle of Manila bay was pointed out to Colonel Bryan he said "Hum and then after a moment of thought "Well from what I have heard of It I expected that it was larger than the ship. The death at Manila of Serguant Charles B. Preacher a former resident of the Black Hills closed the career of a soldier of many wars. The Spcarflsh Mail sr.vs he fought In the confederate army from Bull Run to Gettysburg served In the French army at Sedan and under Don Carlos in 1872 when ho was made a prisoner of war nnd was released under Intervention of the British minister. Then ho drifted back to the United States and enlisted In the regular army serving until 1891 In the Fourth and Second Infantry.

About six years ago ho went to the Hills and lived a precarious life as sheep herder. When the recent Spanish-American war broke out Preacher was again at the front and he welcomed hostilities as affording him a chance for honorable death. Ho went to Manila with the South Dakota boys served with honor and distinction and bis bones will forever remain in the land of Filipinos. Ho reached the goal of his desire an honorable death. The men who fired the guns and fed the boilers of the Raleigh at Manila Just a year ago lacking ono day were royally entertained at tbo Waldorf-Astoria last Monday night.

According to the directory of the eating and drinking end of the entertainment was smoker pure and simple a 'go as you please at which no guest's wish was disregarded. The Jnckies had anything they wished to drink and anything they wonted to eat. There were the best of beers on draught nnd a miniature reservoir of nhlno wine punch whiskies cocktails and things more mixed subject to call. The Raleigh's crew arrived to the number of 2SO men nt 7:30 o'clock. The feast began with steaming dishes which were consumed linforn tbo nnpnlnir of the vnudavllln pnfor.

tnlnineiit provided by a well known manager. During the vaudeville performance cold dishes nnd drinks were served by special order and without Etlnt. The affair was a hummer from start to finish and the bluejackets were sent to their ship in a condition of joyousncss equaling the famous first breakfast in Manila bay A correspondent of the Chicago Record writing about life In Manila these troublous times says "We have been In Manila a week and If the truth be told wo would pack our trunks very promptly to return to America if wo had the opportunity. Not that the Insurrectos bother us but this country haa fleas on It and ants and mosquitoes and other things and It Is dirty and smells bad and the people wear spotless white duck and grab frantically at themselves and scratch and to pea all this makes one feel Infected whether or not ho Is so and he squirms and furtively In the popular movement. Wo don't "mind lizards and snakes although tbcy are most sociable.

Last night I heard a snake catch rat Just over my head above the celling and the geckos or lizards are often moro than two feet Jong and you can hear their queer cry nil night. Add to this a few pet monkeys that are humanly Ingenious In their antics and you may imagine the American army a trillo disturbed. A etory comes ifrom ouo of the southern ramps which Ls good whether true or In vented. A busy-looking duty-loving woman hustled up to one of the wounded soldiers who lay gazing at the celling above his cot. "Can't I do something for you my poor fellow sahl the woman Imploringly.

The "poor fellow" looked up languidly. The only thlugfi ho really wanted just at that time were his dlichargu and a box of Mgars. When ho saw the strained nnd look ou the good woman's facv hoetr lie felt sorry for her nnd with perfect nng fro id lip replied "Why. yes you can wash my face if you wsnt to. "I'd be only too glad to gnppd the visitor eagerly.

"All rlpht snld the envallrr gallantly "go abend. It's been washed twenty-one times nlrendy today but 1 don't mind golnc through It again if It'll make you any happier. I1O.MI3STU' I IJMroH Frco Press "Perkins married money. "How do you know "I've seen his wife. Detroit Journal It not so 'nsy for woman to bo masculine.

She limy wear man's Imt collar and ttc nnd all that but when It comes to IwvliiR heu moho and nmklnc as much fuss nbout It ax a man would aho Is likely to fall down. Indianapolis Journal Mrs. Wlthcrby- Thpy my that a husband nnd wlfo irrow to look like each oth moro and more all th time. Wltherby I have noticed how hnndxomi you were getting to be. Brooklyn Life Mis I'ruyn-Hav you lifoome nccuRtonwd to hearinir Mr.ounir love pppak of you ns "my wlfn" yet MTK.

Younclovc- with declnlon I uhould hope not Why. If ho nhoultl cnll me anything but "Birdie" 1 fhould cry my p.yn outl Detroit Free l'rHs "Bwitricf. what IB your favorite harbinger of sprlDK beautiful balmy pprlnp "Well KdRur. I would rather have a ntw hat than anything 1 can think at. Chicago Po.tt "You nrc the only woman I have loved lie protentttl.

"What she demanded. 'Thnt Is of counve this year. iiwrt- piled to c.xjilnln nnd Bhe wan no charmed by his truthfulnesH that she accepted him. lndlnnnK lla Journal Mr.Vatt What la the matter dear Mrs. Wattn The toothache of courm.

I have been sitting hero holding my Jaw for moro than an hour. Mr. tts I never knew you to do th llko before. 'Washington Star "You ought to be very proud ot your husband remarked a caller to the wlfo of a great man. "Proud was the response of the wife.

"Whnt'n the of belnK proud of n. man who can talk political economy nnd the needs of BOclety If ho hasn't BenM enough to put on nn overcoat when it's chilly London Spectator. I can hear tno willows whispering "way down the Arctic slope. Evry shivering llttlo leaflet gray with fear There's no color in the heavens nnd oo earth there seems no hope. And the shadow of the winter's on th year.

An' It's lonesome lonesome lonesome when the russet gold Is shed An' the nakpd world stands waiting tot the doom With the northern witch fires dancing in the silence overhead An' my campflro Just an Island In the cloom. When the very bears are hiding from tfat terror thnt's to come An Uie unseen wings nbove me whlsUe south When except the groaning pine trees and the willows nature's dumb And the river roadway freezes to Us mouth. But I cannot strike the home troHI would not If I could An' I want no other's smoke across tny Bky When I drop I'll drop alone as alone I've nllus stood On the frontier where I'vo led let lie. I wouldn't know men's language I couldn't think their thoucht I couldn't bear the hurry of mail- kind Where every acre's built on. Tvhere all God madu Is bought And they'd almost make a hireling of the wind.

I've been allus In the lend since I grew grass high Since my father'n prairie schooner left the For a port beyond the sky line never seen by human eye Wheio God and God's" creation dwell alone. 'Way back I heard men callln' on woman's voice was fond An' the rich lands 'toward harvest murmured "Rest. But a sweeter voice kept callln' from the unexplored beyond. A wild voice In the mountains callln' "West. I heard It in the foothills then I climbed the great divide In the canyon then I faced the.

rapid's roar In the little- breeze at dawning In the dusk at eventide The voice that kept a callln' went be fore. My crooked hands are empty my six-foot frame is bent There nln't nothing but my trail to leave behind An' tiio vx leo that I have followed has not told mo what It meant An' the eyes that sought a sign are nearly blind. But hear it still ns I lay me- down to rest An' I dream the voice- love has never lied. That I hear a eoplo comln' the great people of 'the west An' CUIuVf. maybe 'twas 'His voice callln' me to "A Special SalelT "For the Small Boys" Our early trade has become so much heavier than usual that we find a large assortment of broken sizes in blouse and vestee suits this early in the season and instead of until July to close them we are going to give you a chance to buy them at greatly reduced prices commencing at once You need wool suits "NOW" not July Jst.

We want to sell them "NOW" not July Jst. For this reason we are going to give you the greatest values ever offered at this time of the season. $5,00 and $5,50 suits will be $4 00 6,00 and 6,50 suits will be 5,00 7,00 and 7,50 suits will be 6,00 8.50 and 9.00 suits will be 7,50 This sale will commence Monday May Jst 99..